Surviving Holiday Cooking Disasters

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
We’ve been collecting holiday cooking horror stories from listeners, and Christopher Kimball—of the PBS show "America’s Test Kitchen," and founder of Cook's Illustrated—joins us to offer tips for avoiding and surviving kitchen calamities and preparing hassle-free holiday feasts. The Complete America’s Test Kitchen TV Show Cookbook includes advice from 10 years of the show, and more than 650 well-tested, fool-proof recipes. Call in with your cooking questions or leave a comment!

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